Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 1103-1104
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Regression of post-transplant Kaposi sarcoma after discontinuing cyclosporin and giving mycophenolate mofetil instead
Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi-Arabia
Sir,
There is an increased incidence of Kaposi sarcoma after transplantation with the highest number being reported in transplant patients from the area of Saudi-Arabia [1]. The disease has recently been linked to human herpes virus 8 infection [2]. The latency-associated nuclear antigen expressed in infected cells mainly during viral
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